Student Tribune
Spotlight on the MCC Association
As a member of the MCC community, you've probably heard of the MCC
Association. You might know that we offer financial and management support for
many of the student services at the College. This support is vital, of course,
but it's not always easy to see or to understand what that support actually
looks like. Allow us to shine a light on some of the different areas of the
Association and how they are working to support the Staff, Faculty, and
Students at MCC right now.
The Child Care Center
The Richard M. Guon Child Care
Center remains open and is caring for approximately 5-11 children every day. We
are providing child care for parents who are performing essential services,
like nursing and social work, during the pandemic. We're also helping MCC
students by providing child care so that they can focus on their classes.
We are taking temperatures of everyone upon entry. The children think it's
fun to see their parents get their temperature taken. Some of our team members
are at home right now, but that doesn't stop them from supporting our students!
Teachers are e-mailing, calling, and sending letters and activities for all our
regular children to do at home. We've mailed out packets of books to 30 RCSD
EPK/UPK children and received pictures of them reading their new books! We are
also sending home boxes with art materials for our other families. Thank you to
SODEXO Kitchen Supervisor Tracey Paul and the rest of the SODEXO Management
Team for helping us continue to feed our kiddos in the center every day.
Bookstore:
The Bookstore is helping to make sure the
students have all the course materials for their courses. We are first checking
to see if those course materials are available for free. If they're not
available, we are physically going to the Bookstore, processing their orders,
and shipping them out. The role of the Bookstore team has shifted a little
during this time; some of us are helping out at Housing and Residence Life,
some are spending a lot of time on communication and customer service with
students and faculty alike. We were also recently able to donate some food to
the Residence Halls. We're really embracing this opportunity to support our
students in every way possible.
Housing and Residence Life
Housing and Residence Life
is still housing 150 students through the pandemic.
We continue to use our
food pantry to assist students experiencing food insecurity and to supply many
students with hygiene products. Additionally, our staff have been working to
set up online success coaches for the students who remain in the residence
halls. We've also been working together to move all of our students into Canal
Hall in the interest of their safety and security. We're proud of our resident
community here, particularly our professional staff and student RAs.
Dining Services
SODEXO Chef Bob DeRoma and the SODEXO
Management Team have been providing MCC's remaining residence students with hot
and cold food and will continue to do so throughout the pandemic. Every day at
1:00 PM we deliver lunch, snacks, and other items that can be reheated by the
residents. We also continue to feed the Child Care Center, providing them with
breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
These are just a few of the ways the Association is working extra hard to
support our community during this difficult time. There's so much more going on
here behind the scenes and we look forward to continuing to bring you the
consistent care and dedication that we always have--on the frontlines of Dining
Services and behind the scenes in the Business Office.
Thank you
for being a part of this community with us.
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